Well, it's been awhile since I've posted on my blog. It's titled "Rebecca's Journey", but I'm certainly not sharing very much of my journey. Maybe I'm not meant to be a blogger. I'm too private. LOL :)

God is certainly leading me down interesting paths right now. I know I'm called to write, but yet I struggle to finish my manuscripts. And the ideas keep coming! When I do get into serious writing mode, I absolutley love it!

But I also love serving American Christian Fiction Writers (ACFW) as its Vice-President.
At the beginning of the year, this is the last place I thought I'd be! I was already on the Operating Board for ACFW, happily serving as its Membership Director. I was also volunteering in church, and with my local ACFW chapter as Secretary (shout-out to the DFW Ready Writers!)

Earlier in the year, I felt nudging, I guess nudging from God. (Wouldn't it be great if God used neon billboards!) I needed to reign in my focus. I was over-committed, over-volunteered, etc. So, I took a step back. I un-volunteered from my church, which was very difficult to do. And I knew my term as Membership Director with ACFW would end in December this year, as well as my term as Secretary for my local chapter. So, I made preparations to serve out my terms faithfully and focus on writing.

It was time to get back to what I was supposed to be doing -- writing stories. But that didn't happen!

I was appointed Vice-President of ACFW when our wonderful sitting V.P. had to resign, and shortly after I stepped back from my other volunteer duties.
So, this appointment keeps me on the ACFW board until 2010, and takes up a great deal of my time.

My focus still isn't writing, but I felt that my un-volunteering was God's way of preparing me for this position.

I continually pick at my work-in-progress, but for some reason, God wants me right where I am. And if I have to not write as frequently as I'd like, at least it's for the wonderful reason of serving our Lord via ACFW, and trying to give back in some way for all that this organization has given to me.

I'm still not quite sure what God is up to, but I trust and pray, and keep learning and growing through ACFW. I can't wait to see what He brings after 2010!